| abstain |
to choose not to do something. |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| interdependent |
relying on or needing one another. |
| irascible |
easily angered or irritated; short-tempered. |
| malign |
to speak badly of or tell harmful lies about. |
| mettle |
toughness of character; courage. |
| sinuous |
having many curves or turns. |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usually followed by about, of, or for.) |
| subpoena |
in law, a formal written order summoning a witness to give testimony or requiring that specified evidence be submitted. |
| succor |
help or relief given in time of need. |
| surreptitious |
made, performed, or achieved by stealth or in secret. |
| tithe |
an amount of money, produce, or goods equal in value to a tenth of one's income, given or paid as a contribution or tax, especially to a church. |